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Annual Best Workplaces in the Americas Competition Publication Available

Thursday 11. December 2008 - Printing Industries Press is pleased to announce the release of Best Practices of the 2007 Best Workplaces in the Americas, a valuable new resource on what award-winning companies are doing to excel in human relations.

The Best Workplace in the Americas (BWA) competition is designed to recognize companies who exemplify outstanding human relations practices, and this annual publication is comprised of items from each of the 2007 BWA program winners.
Best Practices of the 2007 Best Workplaces in the Americas contains practical, real-world cases that companies can use to benchmark HR practices and improve workplace quality. Best practice items include:

Interview questions
Performance appraisal forms
Press helper training checklists
Emergency action plans
Job safety analysis
Health benefits surveys
CSR incentive plans
Press training and incentive plans
Vacation donation leave programs
“Graphic communications firms love to use proven ideas from others in the industry.  The Best Practices of the 2007 Best Workplaces in the Americas book is filled with HR best-practice items for 47 different small, medium, and large graphic communications firms from Hawaii to New England who won in the Best Workplace competition.  Plus, key HR metrics are included from the winners,” explains Jim Kyger, director of human relations at Printing Industries of America.
While the practices found within this book are not meant to be implemented on an “as-is” basis, Best Practices of the 2007 Best Workplaces in the Americas certainly provides many valuable ideas that companies can utilize to build a more productive workplace.
Best Practices of the 2007 Best Workplaces in the Americas, 154 pages, (Item No. 18277, ISBN 987-0-88362-628-3) is available to Printing Industries of America members for $80 and to nonmembers for $160.